Tiesto (music group)

Steve Aoki, the Los Angeles DJ who regularly commands crowds of tens of thousands of people at electronic-dance-music festivals, is analyzing the complex metrics of his career. "I've thrown over 4,000 cakes in people's faces. It's incredible," he says. "If I do about 10 cakes a show, and 250 to 300 shows a year, 4,000 is actually a conservative number."

Aoki, 37, has been making dance music since 2007, but it wasn't until two years later that his distinctive brand of showmanship kicked in. He began by venturing from his onstage DJ booth to dive into the crowd, then expanded to bringing on women in neon cloaks and surfing the crowd in inflatable swim rafts. Later,...

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Steve Aoki, the Los Angeles DJ who regularly commands crowds of tens of thousands of people at electronic-dance-music festivals, is analyzing the complex metrics of his career. "I've thrown over 4,000 cakes in people's faces. It's incredible,"...

The first phase of Ultra's lineup is out.
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